Roland VS-1824 Using Internal Effects VS8F-2, Effect Types, Location of Effects, Insert Effects

Chapter 7 Using Internal Effects (VS8F-2)

One effect expansion board, VS8F-2 is pre-installed in the VS-1824. Up to two of these effect expansion boards can be installed in the VS-1824. With two VS8F-2s installed, four high-quality stereo effects are available for use during recording, bouncing and mixing.

Some of the procedures described in this chapter require the installation of the second (optional) VS8F-2 Effect Expansion Board.

Effect Types

There are two types of effects patches in the VS8F-2 Effects Expansion Board: insert effects, and loop effects. The effect type determines how the effect should be connected in the mixer. The two ways to connect an effect within the mixer are referred to as “insert effects,” and “loop effects.” The differences in these methods are explained in the following sections.

Location of Effects

Each VS8F-2 effect expansion board installed in the VS-1824 is given its own control area. These areas are called EFFECT A and EFFECT B. With two VS8F-2s installed, each of the effects in EFFECT A—FX1 and FX2—and the effects in EFFECT B—FX3 and FX4—may be used. You can apply up to four effects at a time to each channel of the VS-1824’s mixer.

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EFFECTS

Insert Effects

With insert effects, the effect is added directly, either between the mixer channel’s equalizer and fader, or before the Master fader. Effects such as compressors, EQs, guitar amp simulators and mic simulators are normally patched as inserts. If you set up an effect as an insert on either a track or an input, it cannot be used on any other tracks or inputs. When an effect is inserted on a mixer channel, that effect cannot be used in a loop on another channel. For example, if you select Preset Patch P067 Limiter as Effect 1 and insert it on Track 8, no other inputs or tracks can be routed to Effect 1.

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EFFECT A

FX1 FX2

EFFECT B

FX3 FX4

EQ

(2band, 3band)

FX1

Level

(Fader)

FX1 Send

Sw Level

FX2 Send

Sw Level

FX3 Send

Sw Level

FX4 Send

Sw Level

AUX Send

Sw Level

Pan
Pan	FX1
Pan	FX2
Pan	FX3
Pan	FX4
Pan

MIX bus or REC bus

MIX bus or REC bus

MIX bus or REC bus

MIX bus or REC bus

AUX bus

*Depending on the effects used, when mixing with different effects inserted into each channel, or mixing some channels having effects inserted while other channels have no effects, slight timing shifts between tracks may occur.

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